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BJP's politics of dualism could easily backfire in 2019. Here's why

When a party spokesman was questioned about this dichotomy during a television debate on the northeastern polls, he used the word, binary, to explain the BJP's stand

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Amit Shah, new Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and others during the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected ministers , in Agartala | PTI Photo

Amulya Ganguli | IANS
The Shakespearean phrase "fair is foul, foul is fair" can be one way of describing the contradictory nature of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) policies in different parts of the country.

The party's penchant for trimming its sails in accordance with regional sentiments as, for instance, over the consumption of beef, can also be described in the words of a Hindi film song, "Jo tumko ho pasand wohi baat kahengey" (I will say whatever you want me to say).

While saffron mobs have been assaulting those suspected of eating beef or transporting cattle in northern India, the BJP's stand in the northeastern